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About Rusty Rueff

Rusty Rueff, author of purposed worKING. Rusty Rueff is the former Chairman Emeritus of The GRAMMY Foundation in Los Angeles. He most recently completed the successful 16 month leadership role as Coordinating National Co-Chair for Technology for Obama (T4O) for the reelection of President Obama and ten-years of Board service and President of the Board of Trustees of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Corporately, most recently Rueff was the Chief Executive Officer at SNOCAP, Inc. until the acquisition of the company by imeem, Inc. in April 2008. Before joining SNOCAP in 2005, he was Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Electronic Arts (EA) from 1998 until 2005. He was also with the PepsiCo companies for more than ten years, with the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies for two years, and in commercial radio as an on-air personality for six years. Rusty holds an M.S. in counseling and a B.A. in radio and television from Purdue University. In 2003 he was named a distinguished Purdue alumnus, and he and his wife, Patti, are the named benefactors of Purdue’s Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts. He is a corporate director of Glassdoor.com and runcoach. He is the co-founder and Executive Committee Member of T4A.org, serves on the Founding Circle of The Centrist Project and a founding Board Member of The GRAMMY Music Education Coalition. He is also the co-author of the book Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business. Rusty and his wife, Patti, reside in Hillsborough, CA and Charlestown, R.I.

day 44: But, It’s Only Work…

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Since it is only work and not some form of formal ministry or “calling” we tend to think that God doesn’t want us to bother Him with the tedious details of our work lives. It just can’t be that important and why would we have to bring our work issues to God? Isn’t He more interested in soul-saving or issues that affect those in pain, need, or suffering? So, we try to humanly muscle through our 40 hours a week and then we wonder why God isn’t rewarding and fulfilling us in our work. If we expect God to intervene without us bringing our work challenges to Him, then we need to readjust our expectations and expect human results. We have to include God in our work lives as He wants us to do so. We are given this word in Psalms 32:2:”The Lord directs the steps of the godly. He delights in every detail of their lives.” What a tremendous promise to know that God delights in every detail of our lives, including the details of the work we do. So, today you can drive to the office knowing that God wants to be there with you as you balance the books, make that sale, mill that part, fix that machine, prepare that presentation and make that decision, whether it be big or small. Don’t take this wrong, God doesn’t care about the result, He cares about us. He wants to be our best friend and like a best friend is there to hear our worries, our fears, our achievements and our dreams, God wants to be right there with us at work in real time. If you allow Him into the details of your life today, He will be delighted and you can know that He is there with you in any situation you face.

Reference: Psalms 32:2 (New Living Testament)